I have a job where I work at several locations throughout the week.
Usually I'm only 2 hours at any one location. At one location, they
moved the office. I had no problems in the old office, but in the
current office, I had an asthma attack. That was Thursday.

I took my MaxAir inhaler, but I'm still not breathing properly (the peak
flow is in the yellow zone). This is frustrating. I would expect my
breathing to go back to normal within a couple of days after using the
inhaler.

I can't use Pulmicort or Flovent or Singulair or Accolade or Tilade or
Intal because I've had anaphylactic reactions to all of them.

I am frustrated because every time I go through a crisis such as this,
no one seems to have any answers for me. There seem to be no new classes
of asthma drugs. Frankly, I would expect a new one every year, and there
hasn't been any significant development in the past 10 years. (No, I
don't qualify for Xolair, and the other drug--Xopenex?--seems to be just
another steriod.)

I don't get much help from doctors. They only offer the same old
medications, and when I tell them of the adverse reactions they either
say "take it anyway" or tell me there's nothing they can do.

I have no idea what caused the reaction in the first place. There isn't
a new carpet. And I don't understand how my lungs could get so reactive
with only 2 hours of exposure to whatever it was.

I have to go back to this location; my job requires it. (No, I can't get
another job. The last time I lost a full time job it took me a year to
find another. I can't afford to be unemployed that long again.) I'll
wear a mask or use a fan, but I don't know what else to do.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Joan